In a sector where the trainer only comes to the spotlight when results turn against the club, the current managerial casualties in the Ghana Premier League (GPL) deserve our utmost attention.
With five casualties in just 11 rounds of fixtures, the 2016 GPL could not have been any hot for the technical brains to handle.
As a team sport headed by one trainer, football fans and followers alike turns to fall on their head coaches when results go contrary.
A typical issue of AshGold fans calling for the head of Coach Bashir Hayford who ended a 19-year wait for a domestic trophy is a testament of how managers and trainers on the local terrain are poorly handled.
The mindset of an average Ghanaian fan is to win (at least your home games) forgetting the unpredictable nature of football.
Have we bothered to look into the problems facing our clubs before championing any crusade for the sacking of the head coach?
Will the sacking of the manager solve the problems bedeviling the clubs at that trying moment? Chelsea parted ways with Mourinho but still could not salvage their season as reigning champions in England.
Blessed with football talents and some of the finest trainers on the continent, the current crisis facing Ghanaian clubs must be tackled holistically or be prepared to change coaches like the colours of traffic light.
From Nuru Ahmed to the experience of J. E. Sarpong, a quintet of coaches have lost their jobs even without the runaway Tom Strand.
Nuru Ahmed left Aduana Stars after two straight defeats in the opening matches of the season due to unrelenting pressure from the teaming fans of the 2009 league champions.
The Wa born trainer mutually parted ways with Aduana Stars but their next trip to Techiman made it three defeats in a row. A run of one defeat in the next eight fixtures could however speak against Nuru Ahmed but did we look beyond the playing pitch?
After Nuru comes David Duncan from the hot seat in Kumasi Asante Kotoko. A run of one win in the opening six matches incurred the wrath of the fans who made sure he left the shores of the club.
A polite ‘stay aside’ was used on the animated trainer and mocked with instant change of training venue without his consent.
Did we find out why the boys played that badly at the start of the campaign? Is Duncan that bad to have returned one league win in six attempts? Couldn’t we have tackled the issue beyond the pitch?
A trio of experience trainers in Coach Herbert Addo, J. E. Sarpong and the animated Bashiru Hayford followed next.
Ebusua Dwarfs pulled the trigger on Coach Sarpong who qualified the team to the top flight just 11 matches into the campaign.
With more matches still to play, what assurances have we that ‘Sharpiro’ will drop down to the second tier league at the end of the campaign. With unknown faces in the second tier league, J. E. Sarpong sold Dwarfs to the football world only to be shown the exit door at the wrong time.
From Cape Coast to Tema, Inter Allies and Coach Herbert Addo parted ways ‘mutually’. The Eleven is to One side cut short their second spell with Herbert after his return from Hearts of Oak.
The old man however capitalized on the mounting pressure to ‘finally’ bid good bye to the game from the touchline.
The fifth managerial casualty sequentially fell on the reigning champion, Bashiru Hayford.
The animated tactician finally asked for a 90 day sabbatical leave from the game (just to have a piece of mind).
A coach that ended AshGold’s 19- year wait for premiership glory becoming the most targeted person by followers and sympathizers of the club.
Are we using the coaches to cover up for others? Which administrator on the local scene has been fired so far?
Are they not part of the management of the club? Can a coach motivate a hungry player to give out his best?
Are we limiting football to only 90 minutes on the pitch? I might be wrong but sacking managers will not end a club’s woes if the main problem is not solved.
Managerial Casualties In The GPL - Administrative Lapses Or Technical Ineptitude?
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